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name:
Ali Zeki

birth:
Cyprus, September 6th, 1968

B.Sc.:
Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Electrical & Electronics Eng. Faculty, Electronics and Communication Eng. (1986-1990)
B.Sc. Final Project: "Dynamic Compressor with CMOS Technology" (ITU,1990)


M.Sc.:
ITU Institute of Science and Technology, Electronics and Communication Eng. (1990-1993)
M.Sc. Thesis: "A New MOSFET Model Suitable for Analog IC Design" (ITU,1993)


Ph.D.:
ITU Institute of Science and Technology, Electronics and Communication Eng. (1993-1998)
Ph.D. Thesis: "Novel High-performance OTA Structures Suitable for Continuous-time OTA-C Filters" (ITU,1998)


Assoc.Prof.:
Received the Assoc.Prof. degree in the Microelectronics Science Field of the Electronics Main Science Field (November, 8th, 2000)

awards/scholarships:
Received a "Scholarship of Success" from TRNC Ministry of Education during his B.Sc. and M.Sc. education.

studies abroad:
'Microcomputers' training in Japan with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) scholarship (1995-1996)

foreign language:
English (written + spoken)

research interests:
CMOS analog IC design, low-voltage analog IC design, semiconductor device modelling.

publications:
18 international journal papers, 17 international conference papers, 2 national journal papers, 9 national conference papers.
( See [List of Publications] )

refereeing:
Served as a referee 44 times in total for 13 international journals appearing in Science Citation Index (SCI).
  • IEEE Trans. Circuits & Systems-I : 4 times
  • Electronics Letters : 9 times
  • IET Circuits, Devices & Systems (*) : 10 times
  • IET Micro & Nano Letters : once
  • Integration, the VLSI Journal : 4 times
  • Analog Integrated Circuits & Signal Processing : 4 times
  • International Journal of Electronics : once
  • Microelectronics Journal : once
  • ETRI Journal : once
  • Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers : 3 times
  • Radioengineering : 4 times
  • Electrical Engineering (**) : once
  • Turkish Journal of Electrical Eng. & Computer Sci. : once
    (*): Since 2007, the journal "IEE Proceedings - Circuits, Devices & Systems" has been continuing with this title.
    (**): "Archiv für Elektrotechnik"

    academic activities:
    Research and teaching assistant at ITU Electrical and Electronics Eng. Faculty, Electronics Division (1991-1998)

    Assist.Prof. at ITU Electrical and Electronics Eng. Faculty, Electronics Division (1998-2001)

    Assoc.Prof. at ITU Electrical and Electronics Eng. Faculty, Electronics Division (2001-2006)

    Full Prof. at ITU Electrical and Electronics Eng. Faculty, Electronics Division (2006-2010)

    Head of Electronics Division at ITU Electrical and Electronics Eng. Faculty (2007-2009)

    lectures given:
    Electronics (1993-94 Spring Sem., Hava Harp Okulu, Industrial Eng.)

    Electronic Circuits-I (1997-98 Spring Sem., 1998-99 Spring Sem., ITU Electronics & Com. Eng. | 1998-99 Spring Sem., ITU Electrical Eng.)

    Electronic Devices (1998-99 Fall Sem., 1999-2000 Fall Sem., ITU Electrical Eng.)

    Electronics-I (1998-99 Fall Sem., ITU Physics Eng.)

    Introduction to Electronics (1999-2000 Fall Sem., ITU Computer Eng. | 1999-2000 Spring Sem., ITU Electronics & Com. Eng.)

    Introduction to Electronics (English) (2000-2001 Spring Sem., 2001-2002 Spring Sem., ITU Electronics & Com. Eng.)

    Very Large Scale Integrated Circuit Design - I (1999-2000 Fall Sem., 2000-2001 Fall Sem., 2001-2002 Fall Sem., ITU Electronics & Com. Eng.)

    Very Large Scale Integrated Circuit Design - II (1999-2000 Spring Sem., 2000-2001 Spring Sem., 2001-2002 Spring Sem., ITU Electronics & Com. Eng.)

    Digital Electronic Circuits (English) (1999-2000 Spring Sem., 2000-2001 Spring Sem., 2001-2002 Spring Sem., ITU Electronics & Com. Eng.)

    Microelectronic Analog Circuit Design (English) (2000-2001 Fall Sem., 2001-2002 Fall Sem., ITU Electronics & Com. Eng.)

    Microelectronic Analog System Design (English) (2000-2001 Spring Sem., 2001-2002 Spring Sem., ITU Electronics & Com. Eng.)

    Numerous times, coordinator of Electronics Laboratories (Electronic Devices Lab., Electronic Circuits-I Lab., Electronic Circuits-II Lab., Introduction to Electronics Lab., Analog Electronic Circuits Lab., Advanced Electronics Lab.)

    completed M.Sc. theses under supervision:
    Indrit Myderrizi, "BiCMOS Current-Mode Integrators Suitable for Low-Voltage Continuous-Time Filters," ITU Institute of Science and Technology, Electronics and Communications Eng., 2002.
    Tolga Kaya, "A High-Resolution Current Mode CMOS Algorithmic Analog-to-Digital Converter," ITU Institute of Science and Technology, Electronics and Communications Eng., 2002.
    Bilal Tarık Çavuş, "High-linearity Open-loop Fixed-gain Buffers and Amplifiers," ITU Institute of Science and Technology, Electronics and Communications Eng., 2005.
    Özgür Ateş, "Chaotic Oscillator Based Random Bit Generator," ITU Institute of Science and Technology, Electronics Eng., 2005.
    Fidel Bayam, "Chaotic Oscillator Based Random Number Generator," ITU Institute of Science and Technology, Electronics Eng., 2005.
    Umut Güvenç, "New Tunable Linear Current Mirrors," ITU Institute of Science and Technology, Electronics Eng., 2006.
    Fulya Tezel, "New MOSFET Threshold Voltage Extraction Methods and Extractors," ITU Institute of Science and Technology, Electronics Eng., 2006.
    Nilay Dağtekin, "Track-Hold Amplifier and Multiplying Digital to Analog Converter (MDAC) Dedicated to 100MS/s Pipeline ADC," ITU Institute of Science and Technology, Electronics Eng., 2008.
    Osman Karpuz, "Yeni Bir Açık Çevrimli x2 Kazançlı Rezidü Kuvvetlendirici ile CMOS Pipeline Analog Sayısal Çevirici Tasarımı," ITU Institute of Science and Technology, Electronics Eng., 2010.

    completed Ph.D. theses under supervision:
    Tolga Kaya, "A Novel Micro Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting System," ITU Institute of Science and Technology, Electronics Eng., 2007.
    Indrit Myderrizi, "High-speed Design of High-resolution DACs," ITU Institute of Science and Technology, Electronics Eng., 2009.

    projects:
  • “Baseband Driver Chip (BBSI) Development Project” (12 months), ETA Foundation/Aselsan, İTÜ-KOSGEB, 2000.
  • “A High-speed Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizer Using Nonlinear Digital-to-Analog Converter” (6 months), IBM International SiGe BiCMOS Design Contest, 2002.
  • “High-speed Medium-resolution (4bit-4GS/s) ADC Chip (ADC4004) Development Project” (18 months), ETA Foundation/Aselsan, İTÜ-KOSGEB, 2003.
  • “X-band (8-12GHz) CMOS RF Test Chip Development Project” (12 months), ETA Foundation/Mikro-IC/Aselsan, İTÜ-KOSGEB, 2007.
  • “Development of Integrated Continuous-time Chaotic Systems Applied to Random Number Generation” (24 months), TÜBİTAK- Scientific and Technological Research Funding Program, 106E093, (manager: Serdar Özoğuz), 2008.

    industrial activities:
    Design Engineer at ITU ETA Foundation ASIC Design Center (ASELSAN BBSI IC project, 1999)

    Academic Coordinator at ITU ETA Foundation ASIC Design Center (2000-2004)

    computer-aided design skills:
  • design environment : Cadence
  • design tools : Analog Artist, Spectre, HSpice, Virtuoso
  • operating systems : Unix, Windows, MS-DOS
  • other design tools : PSpice

    marital status:
    Married, with 2 children

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